Bridle-bit for side-pullers.



H. H. JAMES. BRIDLE BIT FOR SIDE PULLERS. APPLIUATION FILED D120. 15, 1911.

1,042,796. Patented 0011.29, 1912.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY I-I. JAMES, OF WINNIPEG, MANITOBA, CANADA, ASSIGNOR TO THE SELL HORSE GOODS COMPANY, OF CANTON, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

BEIDLE-BIT FOR SIDE-PULLEBS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 29, 1912.

Application filed December 15, 1911. Serial No. 666,025.

T 0 all whom "it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY H. JAMES, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at Winnipeg, Province of Manitoba, and Dominion of Canada, have invented a new and useful BridleBit for Side-Pullers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in bridle bits especially adapted for use on horses that have acquired the habit of carrying their heads to the side and generally known as side pullers; and the objects of my invention are to generally improve devices of the character described and to provide a simple, cheaply constructed humane bit adapted to correct the undesirable habit of side pulling, the invent-ion being adapted to be applied for the correction of either right side pullers or left side pullers and being entirely uncomplicated by any unusual construction or undesirable additions in the way of apparatus and the like. These objects, together with other objects readily apparent to those skilled in the art, may be attained by the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings, although the invention may be embodied in other forms, the construction illustrated being chosen by way of example.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a top perspective view of a bit embodying my invention in the position for the correction of a right side puller. Fig. 2 is a similar view of the same bit in position for the correction of a left side puller.

Throughout the several views similar reference numerals indicate similar parts.

The mouthpiece of the bit comprises along bit bar 1 and a short bit bar 2 hingedly joined to each other at 3 where the inner end of the bar 1 is provided with an integral ring 4: and the inner end of the bar 2 is provided with an integral ring 5, said rings 1 and 5 engaging and passing through each other in the manner common in bit construction. The bars 1 and 2 are tapered or reduced in cross-section from their outer ends to their inner ends and each of said bars is somewhat curved about an axis transverse to its longitudinal dimension, the long bar 1 having its central portion bowed or curved outwardly in one direction while the short bar 2 has its central portion bowed or curved outwardly in the opposite direction. In Fig. 1 it will be noted that the long bar 1 has its central portion curved or bowed rearwardly while the short bar 2 has its central portion curved or bowed frontwardly. In Fig. 2 the direction of curvature is the same with regard to frontward and rearward direction, the bit as shown in Fig. 1 being merely turned over with the other side of the mouthpiece upward, throwing the long bar 1 from the right-hand side as in Fig. 1 to the left-hand side as in Fig. 2.

At the outer ends of the bit bars 1 and 2 any suitable form of rein rings 6 may be connected, the drawings illustrating the most simple form of such rings.

The operation of the bit is as follows: In case the bit is used upon a right side puller it should be placed in the mouth of the horse in the position shown in Fig. 1, the person reading the drawing being understood to be in the position of the horse. The bit being so placed it will be noted that the longer bar will lie in the right side of the horses mouth while the short bar will lie in the left side. IVhen the driver draws equally upon the two reins the draft upon the left hand side will be exerted upon the shorter bar. The portion of the shorter bar extending into the horses mouth will be comparatively short and the leverage will thus be increased. At the same time the other bar being longer, the same draft on the right hand rein by the driver will exert a less pressure. This being true a more severe effect will be produced by the draft on the short bar than by the draft on the long bar, although said drafts are equal and the horses head may thus be held to the front and in place without the driver exerting a greater draft on one rein than upon the other. This being true the bit will, as it were, automatically induce the horse to carry his head straight instead of sidewise.

When it is desired to use the bit on a left side puller the bit is merely reversed so as to bring the long bar into the left side of the horses mouth and the short bar in the right side. The operation of the device in such position being, of course, analogous to that above described for right side pullers.

In use the bit will correct the undesirable habit of side pulling, being. entirely humane and at the same time very effective.

I claim 1. A bridle-bit for side-pullers, having a single mouth piece formed entirely of two bars arranged end to end, one of the said bars being longer than the other, said bars hingedly connected to each other at their inner ends and provided with rein attaching means at their outer ends.

2. A bridle-bit for side-pullers, having a single 1nouth-piece formed of two bars arranged end to end, one of said bars having a general curvature in one direction and the other bar having a general curvature in the opposite direction, said bars hingedly con nected to each other at their inner ends and provided with rein attaching means at their outer ends.

3. A bridle-bit for side-pullers, provided with a single mouth-piece formed of two bars arranged end to end, one of said bars being longer than the other, said bars hingedly connected to each other, the long bar curved in one direction and the short bar curved in the opposite direction.

4. A bridle-bit for side-pullers, provided With a single mouth-piece formed of a long, curved bar tapered from its outer to its inner end and a short, curved bar tapered from its outer to its inner end, the curvature of said short bar being opposite from the curvature of said long bar and said bars arranged end to end and hingedly connected to each other at their inner ends.

In testimony that I claim the above, I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two Witnesses.

HENRY I-l. JAMES.

Witnesses NELLIE M. IRWIN, GEO. L. ENGLE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

